Clinical profile and outcome of critically ill pregnant females with H1N1 influenza
Conclusion Pregnant females in our study had 60 per cent mortality. Thus, awareness, early diagnosis and treatment should be provided to them. Guidelines, policy changes and government protocols are required specifically for pregnant females with H1N1 Influenza A infection. Our st udy was an observational study and comparisons with non-pregnant females were not done, conclusions applicable to entire pregnant population was not derived. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - January 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
The insufficient formulation and vagueness of the definition ‘Traditional Health Practitioner’ as included in the Traditional Health Practitioners Act (Act No 22, 2007) of South Africa
Conclusion It seems that the legal definition of a traditional health practitioner, as offered by the Traditional Health Practitioners Act No 22, is vague and insufficiently formulated. This shortcoming frustrates the intention of the Act to make the traditional health practitioner the exclusive role player who has to deliver a traditional health service to the public. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - January 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
So much aDo the majority of South Africans regularly consult traditional healers?s 80% of South Africans regularly consult traditional healers: a true story?
Conclusion In poorer, rural areas no more than 11.2 per cent of the South African population regularly consult traditional healers, while the figure for the total population seems to be no more than 1.4 per cent. The argument that the majority of South Africans regularly consult traditional healers is unsubstantiated. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - January 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Are there 200,000 and more traditional healers practicing in South Africa?
Conclusion The allegation that there are 200,000 and more traditional healers practicing in South Africa could not be confirmed. The true number of bona fide traditional healers in present-day South Africa seems insignificant. It is of great importance that the official registration process of the South African traditional health practitioners is fully activated in 2017. Only then will clearance on the real number of traditional healers practicing in the country be obtained and can constructive decisions on the group ’s future be taken. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - January 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
The present and future roles of Traditional Health Practitioners within the formal healthcare sector of South Africa, as guided by the Traditional Health Practitioners Act No 22 (2007)
Conclusion To expect the South African traditional health practitioners to function at present and in future fully within the intentions of the Traditional Health Practitioners Act No 22 (2007), executing certain roles as independent health practitioners in the formal healthcare sector, seems to a great extent impossible. Wherever they are successfully placed in the healthcare sector, their positio ns and roles seem to be limited. Furthermore, the traditional healers’ places in the formal healthcare sector were already taken by the allied health professions, by such practitioners as homeopaths, naturopaths and ethno-the...
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - January 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
The present-day scope of practice and services of the traditional healer in South Africa
Conclusion The South Af rican traditional healer’s practice and rights are unwritten and legally unregulated, especially when viewed against in comparison with the current practice customs, traditions and rights of the South African statutorily regulated healthcare practitioners. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - January 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
The state of health of children living in adverse environmental conditions
The state of health of 4,078 children and the morbidity pattern among the child population in the Karkaraly district of the Karaganda region was studied as part of the screening to assess the impact of the ecological situation. The control group included 2,272 children, living in the Osakarov district of the Karaganda region (as the most ecologically favourable district). Screening cards were developed for the examination, which included questionnaire data, complaints, medical history, and physical examination data. The screening involved cardiologists, gastroenterologists, neurologists, and other doctors. A number of nece...
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - January 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Actions to promote public health
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Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - December 3, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Unsaid new practice rights of the traditional health practitioner, as guided by Act No 22 (2007) of South Africa
Conclusion The new traditional health practitioner‘s future practice rights are legally comprehensive and masked. It holds serious consequences for the practices of the established healthcare professions. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - December 3, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
The present-day diagnosis and treatment model of the South African traditional healer
Conclusion A traditional healthcare model based on scientific research to guide and teach the student of traditional healing and about diagnosis and treatment is non-existent in South Africa. Traditional leaders acquire their current knowledge and understanding of the diagnosis and treatment through various doubtful ways of learning, mostly verbally and in practice from unqualified traditional healing masters or tutors. This means that the pre-modern traditional health know-hows, styles and approaches which are being offered, differ immensely in standards from tutor to tutor. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - December 3, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
The education and training levels of the South African traditional healer: A present-day perspective
Conclusion The absence of an advanced and statutorily recognized education and training system can make the immediate change-over from traditional healing as an unregulated endeavour to a profe ssion and acceptance of the traditional healer as part of the healthcare establishments, very difficult and problematic. Over against this, there is a functioning informal training system exists, confirming that minimum levels of education and training are present. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - December 3, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
The Traditional Health Practitioners Act No 22 (2007) of South Africa (Part 3: Implementations)
Conclusion Th ere are implementation options available to accommodate a large number of unregistered healers into the system. The grandfather clause for instance recognizes prior learning and training. Another possibility is special entrance examinations. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - December 3, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
The Traditional Health Practitioners Act No 22 (2007) of South Africa (Part 2: Resolutions)
Conclusion It is clear that training ideals such as formal study programmes, qualified staff and institutional bodies to train and to educate future traditional healers are not immediately attainable. The nearly ten years of minimal activity to enact Act No 22 since its promulgation confirms this failure. Inexpensive and uncomplicated training paths are needed until a system can be developed. One such path is the continuation of informal in-house training with another traditional healer. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - December 3, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Hospitals in the home for patients with delirium: No place like home?
Conclusion This innovative model of care was feasible and well received. Further studies are recommended. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - December 3, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Modeling the HIV Epidemic
The purpose of this study is design for predicting the epidemic process and to improve preventive measures, clinical examination and treatment of HIV-infected patients at both the regional and national level. Morbidity indicators for the last 25 years were studied; prevailing ways of transmission, age pattern, and main causes of death among HIV-infected persons. A comparative analysis of morbidity was carried out. Microsoft Excel 2007 was used to analyse obtained data statistically. The significance of “clinical outcomes” was assessed by analysing confidence indexes of frequency distribution by the χ2 test with Fisher...
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - December 3, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
